Online Computer Library Center OCLC, the world's largest library cooperative, is making an algorithm available free of charge to organizations interested in converting their bibliographic databases to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model. The FRBR model was created to help information providers deliver the most appropriate records for people seeking specific items of interest. The algorithm was developed by the OCLC Office of Research following a 1998 recommendation by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to restructure catalog databases based on particular works rather than on the various forms in which these works are expressed.
“OCLC is making this open-source algorithm available to the library community as a public service and will provide updates and other communications on its ongoing development,” said Jay Jordan, OCLC president and CEO, who announced the availability of the algorithm August 5 during the IFLA Annual Conference in Berlin.
The FRBR algorithm will make it possible for users to write computer programs to generate sets of records that can be grouped for display as single works, making it easier for information seekers to find what they are looking for. The algorithm is available from the OCLC Research site at http://www.oclc.org/research/software/frbr/.
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